United
States and British troops punched across the Kuwait-Iraq border yesterday,
meeting minimal Iraqi resistance as they rumbled past flaming oil fields
on their way north. These skirmishes signalled the spearhead of the immense
ground invasion of Iraq had started to knife its way through the desert
destined for Baghdad.

Dissecting
war coverage
The American-led war on Iraq is at the centre of a media maelstrom, but
how should we ingest the overwhelming amount of information?
The Gazette sought some of Western's own expert opinions on what to expect
in the war's coverage.
"Propaganda," said Huron University College political science
professor Paul Nesbitt-Larking. "It's wartime, and everyone has a vested
interest, especially the combatant sides.

The provincial Progressive Conservatives were lambasted on their social
policy yesterday afternoon in the University Community Centre by the New
Democratic Party's critic for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities,
Rosario Marchese.
Marchese appeared alongside Rebecca Coulter, NDP candidate for London
North Centre, courtesy of SmartVote. SmartVote is a University Students'
Council initiative which encourages members of provincial parliament to
come and speak directly to students at Western, said USC VP-education
Joshua Morgan..

A motion that could
alter the entire structure of the University Students' Council has residence
councillors in an uproar about losing their voting power.

Imminent faculty
strike unlikely? The
possibility of a faculty strike or lockout before the end of the academic
term is virtually impossible, as the conciliation process has begun and
the next meeting is scheduled for Mar. 28.

In a pathetic homage to The Gazette's Arts issue, News For Dummies will
be presented in poetic form this week.
The world this week saw a start to the war against Iraq – France,
Germany, Russia and China all complained that it's whack.
George W. Bush said the liberation of Iraq has begun – we're sure
people there think the bombing's a lot of fun.